About Lars

I am a physiotherapist, writer, internationally acclaimed lecturer, teacher, and personal trainer. I have a unique blend of knowledge about pain research, neuroscience, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, evidence-based medicine, science and critical thinking. I have worked over a decade full-time in the health industry, as both a manager and as a exercise and rehab specialist at corporate level. I have specialized myself in training of clients with injuries and/or chronic pain.

My background story is that after attending a course on the topic of neuroscience and pain research, I start reading articles and textbooks on pain and neuroscience, after that I began to read scientific research and reviews from international experts and pain researchers like Moseley, Melzack, Wall, O’Sullivan, Hodges, Deyo, Boden, Boos, Zusman, Arendt-Nielsen, Maher, Kamper, Loeser, Puentedura and Louw. After 2 years of reading scientific papers, while working with clients as a personal trainer, I began to share my experiences of modern pain research and science.

2014 – now, Teacher and co-founder of Smertespecialisterne (PainSpecialists) along with physiotherapist Simon R. Kirkegaard. Teaching several courses in modern pain science for health professionals, educated more that 100 health professionals since 2014.

2011 – 2013, Z-Health R-Phase and I-Phase course. A course focusing on neurology, neuroscience and pain research. Course in how the nervous system functions, including Gate control theory, and the pain neuromatrix theory.

2008 – 2010, Employed in the fitness dk exercise committee, which is responsible for development and quality control at a Corporate level ensuring that development is done in the most profitable way.

2007 -2010, Employed as manager in charge of 45 part-time employees in the gym chain (fitness dk) including personal trainers, group-instructors and fitness-instructors.